00:06The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Girls Trip at Night School director Malcolm
00:10D. Lee is set to direct Warner Brothers and LeBron James' Space Jam 2. Lee replaces
00:15Terrence Nance on the sequel to the 1996 hit that starred Michael Jordan and featured
00:20cameos from a number of NBA All-Stars, in addition to classic Looney Tunes characters
00:24such as Bugs Bunny. Lee has made the majority of his films with Universal TV's sister movie
00:29studio. All of those have recouped their production budget, often by wide margins.
00:33Night School has made about $85.5 million worldwide thus far against a reported $29 million
00:38budget, while Girls Trip earned more than seven times its $19 million budget at the box office.
00:44Way to go.
00:44Black Panther filmmaker Ryan Coogler is producing Space Jam 2 and he penned the latest draft
00:49of the script with Search's Sev Ohanian. Fans of the Marvel Homer are hoping this means
00:53that the reboot will be a slam dunk.
00:55Don Cheadle, who recently appeared in Avengers Endgame as James Rhodes, has already been
01:00cast in the film. Space Jam 2 opens July 16, 2021.
01:04I'll have my carrot juice courtside for this one.
01:06Well, that's all folks. Be sure to keep it locked to THR.com for more updates.
01:11For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Ben Myers.
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